Technology

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Services

We help clients to register, manage, leverage and protect intellectual property assets, which includes advice in respect of patents, designs, trade marks, copyright, domain names and trade secrets.

Our services include work in the following areas:

General technology (e.g. development, maintenance, outsourcing, teaming, project, service level & licencing)
Cloud computing (e.g. anything-as-a-service, cloud platform services)
Data science (e.g. artificial intelligence, machine learning)
Green technology (e.g. embedded generation, power purchasing, plant design & construction)
Information security, data privacy (e.g. cyber security, cyber crime, data processing agreements, privacy policies)
Electronic contracting (e.g. B2C, B2B, smart contracts, electronic signatures)
Crypto and blockchain assets (e.g. crypto currency, distributed legder technology, non-fungible tokens)
Virtual reality (e.g. gaming, augmented reality, metaverse)
Robotics and electronics (e.g. process automation, autonomous vehicles, drones, satellites)
Telecommunications (e.g. internet services, networks, software-defined radios)
Research & development tax incentives
Intellectual property valuations
Bespoke escrow services

Recent work

Our recent engagements include:

Acted for large parastatal with the acquisition of Oracle financial software
Acted for prominent data science company in the development and licensing a natural language classifier and a predictive analytics model to a large consulting firm
Acted for prominent distributor of various international brands in the licencing and implementation of SAP
Acted for parastatal with the licensing of an enterprise student management and development of a predictive outcomes system
Acted for a software development house in the development and licensing of a new enterprise system for medical schemes
Acted for a data science company licensing technology to predict retail and staffing demand to a large retailer
Acted for numerous tech entrepreneurs in the international commercialisation of their technologies

Recent blog post

Can the Information Regulator compel private bodies to submit a PAIA report?

If you have read a legal newsletter or scrolled through LinkedIn recently, you would likely have come across a number of warnings directed at public and private bodies alike to submit their "PAIA reports" or "Annual Reports" to the Information Regulator by 30 June 2024.

This blogpost considers if the Information Regulator can compel private bodies (such as sole proprietors, partnerships, private companies, and political parties) to do so, or whether it is acting ultra vires (i.e. outside of its powers).